Hat hanger



Jan. 27, 1953 w. H. FRUSH 2,626,712

HAT HANGER Filed May 25, 1948 INVENTOR. WILLIAM H. Fnusu BY I Patented Jan. 27, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved hat hanger which can be made of wire and involves novel means for supporting a hat and protecting the brim thereof.

"The main object of my invention is to provide a hat hanger of the indicated character which is made of a single piece of wire bent into such form that it may be suspended from a nail or screw on a flat surface or from a hook.

Another object is to provide such a hat hanger which is very light, of pleasing design and so readily manufactured as to be reasonable in cost so as to encourage general distribution thereof.

A further object is to have such a hat hanger which is not only practical and easy to use, but of such simple and advantageous construction that it is especially suited for one-hand operation.

It is also an object to provide a hat hanger which not only supports the hat in a safe and conveniently accessible position, but keeps the hat off shelves and the like and encourages proper care of the hat involved.

An important object of the invention is to have a hanger for hats as indicated which keeps the brim of the hat away from the wall or other surface on which the hat hanger may be mounted and preserves its shape by adequately supporting the hat while confining the brim in protected position.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear in further detail as the specification V proceeds.

In order to bring out comprehensively the salient features of the invention, the latter is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hat hanger made according to the invention and embodying the same in practical form;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same hat hanger showing a hat in position thereon, as indicated in broken lines;

Figure 3 is a plan View of the hat hanger of Figure 1, as seen from the top in the latter view.

In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or like parts. 7

It is well known that for garments there are many different kinds of hangers, all of which are more or less satisfactory, while on the other hand, for hats there are available certain ty es of racks, pegs, hooks and the like, but up to the present time no actually good hat hanger or rack has appeared which not only preserves the hat and protects its shape, but which at the same time supports it in easily accessible position. All means for supportin hats heretofore provided have in some way either distorted the hat or else held it in a more or less inaccessible position, as, for example, beneath seats in auditoriums, upon pegs on hat stands and racks, and so forth.

With the foregoing objects in view, and particularly to avoid above-mentioned disadvantages, I have found it quite feasible to design a practical hat hanger which I shall now proceed to describe.

In the practice of my invention, and referring again to the drawing, a hat hanger, generally indicated at 4, includes a yoke 5 terminating at the top in an eye 6 by means of which the hanger can be suspended from a nail or screw 1 or from a hook, if desired, the yoke being composed of two downwardly diverging legs 8, at

whose lower ends are laterally inwardly bent short inner arms 9 projecting limited distances toward each other forwardly of the vertical plane of the yoke 5 and its downwardly diverging legs 8. In the same horizontal plane with arms 9, 9, the latter are bent forwardly and laterally outwardly in opposite directions to form relatively long horizontal intermediate arms III, III, the bends II, I I between the yoke legs a and inner arms 9, 9, bein somewhat sharp, which is also true of the bends I2, I2 at the inner ends of inner arms 9, '9 where the latter are turned or bent to form the outwardly-projecting horizontal intermediate arms III, III. At the outer ends of the intermediate arms II], III, the latter terminate in more or less square return bends I3, I3 to form the outer laterally inwardly-directed short horizontal outer arms I4, I4 which are sharply bent down at I5 to merge with the ends I6 of the downwardly bowed semi-circular arcuate bar II which lies in a vertical plane parallel to the yoke 5.

The arrangement is such that when the hanger is suspended by itseye 6 on a wall or a door, etc., the hat, generally indicated at I8, may be inserted in such fashion that the crown I9 of the hat at the hat band rests upon the arcuate bar II, with the brim 20 positioned in the spaces 2| between the intermediate arms III and the outer arms I4 and is confined in such position by the bends I3 connecting these arms, without distortion. At the same time the hat is spaced away from the door or wall to which the hanger is attached, and against which the hanger rests, by the bends II and I2. Whenever the hat is desired to be used, it is a simple matter to lift the to make the hanger, it is, of course, understood that the same may be plated or coated and not As I have mentioned, -I while wire is the preferred material from which merely bare metal, if so desired. On the other hand, the hanger may also be made of plastics or other materials, if so desired, as the material in and of itself does not form any part :of the" invention.

Manifestly, variations may be resorted'to and 1 parts and features may be modified or used without others within the scopeof the appended.

claims.

Having now fully described. my invention, I

claim:-

1. In a hanger fora hat having a crown=and a brim, a vertically extending yoke havingfdepench 1 ing laterally spaced legs and suspendingmeans' on its upperend, said yoke having a front side, andsaid legs having lower ends formed with forwardly-projecting portions inner arms formed on said portions and projecting laterally inwardly therefrom in forwardly spaced relation'to said yoke, said inner arms havin inner en'ds spaced from each other, said'inner ends terminating in forwardly projecting portions, intermediate arms formed on said inner arm portions and projecting laterally outwardly beyond the said portions of the yoke legs, said intermediate arms being spaced forwardly from said inner arms, said intermediate arms having outer ends terminating in forwardly projecting portions, outer arms formed on said intermediate arm portions and projecting laterally inwardly therefrom, said outer arms being spaced forwardly from said intermediate arm's, said outer arms having inward ends spaced laterally outwardly from the inner ends of said intermediate arms, and a downwardly bowed arcuate bar extending between the inner ends of said outer arms, said arcuate bar having upper ends connected to the inner ends of said outer arms, said arcuate bar serving as a rest for the crown of a hat with the brim of the hat protectively positioned between the intermediate and outer arms and the forwardly projecting portions of the in-- termediate arms.

2. In a hanger for a hat having a crown and a brim, a vertically extending yoke having depending laterally spaced legs and suspendingmeans on its upper end, said yoke having a front side, and said legs having lower ends formed with forwardly projecting portions, inner arms formed-on said portions and projecting laterally inwardly therefrom in forwardly spaced relation to said yoke, said inner arms having inner ends spaced from each other, said inner ends terminating in forwardly projecting portions, intermediate arms formed on said inner arm portions and'projectin'g laterally outwardly beyond the said portions of the yoke legs, said intermediate arms being spaced forwardly from said inner arms, said intermediate arms having outer ends terminating in forwardly projecting portions, outer arms formed on said intermediate arm portions and projecting laterally inwardly therefrom, said outer arms being spaced forwardly from said intermediate arms, said outer arms having inward ends spaced laterally outwardly from the inner ends of said intermediate" arms, and a 'downwa'rdlybowed arcuate bar extending between the inner ends of said outer arms, said arcuate bar having upper ends-connected to the inner ends of said outer arms, said arcuate bar serving as a rest for the crown of a hat with the brim of the hat protectively'positioned between the intermediate and outer arms and the forwardly projecting portions of the intermediate arms, said inner, intermediate, and outer arms being in substantially parallel vertical planes.

3. In a hanger for a-hat having. a crown and a brim, a vertically extending yoke having depend-' ing laterally spaced legs and suspending means formed on said inner arm "portions-:andprojecbing laterally outwardly beyond the said portions of the yoke legs, said. intermediate arms being spaced forwardlyfrom said inner arms, saidintermediate arms havingouter ends terminating in forwardly projecting portions, outer arms formed' on' said intermediate arm portions and projecting laterally inwardly therefrom, said outer arms being spacedforwardly from said in termediate arms, said outer arms having inward ends spaced laterally "outwardly from the inner" ends of saidintermediate arms, and adownward- 'ly-bowed arcuate bar extending between" the inner-endsi of said. outer arms, said arcuate bar having upper ends connected "to the inner ends of said outer arms, said'arcuate bar serving as a rest for theacrown of a hat with the brim of the hat protectively positioned between the intermediate andouter'arms and the forwardly projecting'portion's of the intermediate arms, said inner,

intermediate, and outer arms being in substan tially parallel verti'cal planes, and in substantially parallel horizontal planes.

WILLIAM H. FRUSH.

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